Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (2 of 2): (2nd ed.) (1888)Hurlbert, William Henry
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Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (2 of 2): (2nd ed.) (1888)
Hurlbert, William Henry
Ireland -- Description and travel; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901
Mr. Fred. Moorhead, who, instructed by Mr. O'Kearney Whyte, appeared for
the Coroner, asked whether the Court would require, as was usual when
costs were awarded against a magistrate, an undertaking from the other
side--
The Lord Chief-Justice.--That is not to bring an action against the
Coroner, you mean?
Mr. Moorhead.--Yes, my Lord. I think it is a usual undertaking when
costs are awarded in such a case. I think you ought--
The Lord Chief-Justice.--Well, I don't know that we ought, but we most
certainly will not. (Laughter.)
Mr. David Sherlock, who (instructed by Mr. Archibald W. Disdall)
appeared for Ellen Gaffney.--Rest assured, we certainly will bring an
action.
THE END.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] I have the authority of Mr. Hennessey, "the best living
Irish scholar, and a Kerryman to boot," for this spelling. I am quite
right, he says, in stating that the people there pronounce the names of
Glenbeigh and Rossbeigh as Glenbéhy and Rossbéhy in three syllables.
"Bethe," pronounced "behy," is the genitive of "beith," the birch, of
which there were formerly large woods in Ireland. Glenbehy and Rossbehy
mean the "Glen," and the "Ross" or "wooded point" of the birch.
[2] A letter received by me from a Protestant Irish gentleman,
long an ardent Nationalist, seems to confirm this. He writes to me (June
15),
"There is a noble river here, with a convenient line of quays for
unloading merchandise. But every sack that is landed must be carried
out of the ship on men's backs. The quay labourers won't allow a
steam crane to be set up. If it is tried there is a riot and a
tumult, and no Limerick tradesman can purchase anything from a
vessel that uses it, on pain of being boycotted. The result is that
the labourers are masters of the situation, and when they catch a
vessel with a cargo which it is imperative to land quickly, they
wait till the work is half done, and then strike for 8s. a day! If
other labourers are imported, they are boycotted for 'grabbing
work,' and any one who sells provisions to them is boycotted."
[3] An interesting account of this gentleman, and of his
connection with the earlier developments of the Irish agitation, given
to me by Mr. Colomb of the R.I.C., will be found at p.38, and in the
Appendix, Note F.
[4] See Appendix, Note F.
[5] The name of this blacksmith's son learned in the Law of the
League is given in Lord Cowper's Report (2. 18,370) as Michael Healy.
While these pages are in the printer's hands the London papers chronicle
(May 25, 1888) the arrest of a person described to me as this
magistrate's brother, Jeremiah Healy, on a charge of robbing and setting
fire to the Protestant church at Killarney!
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